Noah Kahan Crosses “The Great Divide” into His Next Era with New Single: Stream

Noah Kahan has shared his new single “The Great Divide,” the title track to his upcoming Stick Season follow-up set to arrive April 24th. Watch the song’s lyric video below.

At first listen, “The Great Divide” doesn’t find Kahan crossing some yawning sonic gap between his breakout effort and this effort. Acoustic strumming drives towards an anthemic moment of a bridge-chorus combo, perhaps with fuller supporting production thanks to producing partners Gabe Simon and Aaron Dessner. But what has connected Kahan to his massive fanbase has less to do with his compositions (attractive if simple as they can be) and more with his lyricism. Here, he sings in typically unguarded fashion about a teenaged relationship he’s reassessed as he’s not only aged, but gained celebrity.

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Kahan wrestles with the shame of his “deep misunderstanding of your life,” having ignored some harsh realities about this old friend. He’s examining this faded connection as a counter to his own life, however; swapping the chorus’ lyrics from “I hope you’re scared of only ordinary shit/ Like murderers and ghosts and cancer on your skin” to “I hope that you’re not losing sleep about what’s next” in the outro says as much about Kahan himself as his feelings towards this old friend.

The music video for “The Great Divide” will premiere in Mastercard’s commercial airing during the 2026 Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 1st on CBS. Beginning February 2nd, a contest to spot Easter Eggs in the video will earn fans a “chance to win unforgettable prizes.” More info can be found here.

The Great Divide is due April 24th via Mercury Records. Pre-orders are available here and via Kahan’s website. In a press statement, Kahan said of the LP,

“The last five years have been the single most challenging, complicatedly beautiful, and life-altering of my career. I was somewhere I understood, and suddenly I was somewhere completely foreign. I was living in the opportunity I always wanted but felt disoriented and unsure of whether I deserved it. Writing for this album was a balancing act of trying to go back in time and move forward in the same moment. Songwriting has always been the way I reflect on my life, and I hope these songs show you a glimpse of what this journey has looked like.”